#Breaking: #Egypt executed a Coptic monk convicted for killing an abbot in an ancient desert monastery, his brother has told .@AFP. Hany Tawadros said "we were told at 8 am this morning that the execution took place in Damanhour prison & I am on my way to pick up the body"
"I didn't even tell the rest of the family because I didn't want them to be heartbroken. We thank God in any case," Tawadros told me. Security & judicial sources also confirmed his hanging by rope to .@AFP, which comes a couple of weeks after at least 9 were executed #Egypt
In a case that shocked the Middle East's largest religious minority, prosecutors said the ex-monk confessed to the murder. But in his testimony, a sobbing Tawadros, accused interrogators of stripping him naked & torturing him to confess. Our .@afp story: barrons.com/news/egypt-han…
This tragic end of a life comes a wk after Copts, incl. me, celebrated #Easter. Wael Tawadros’s family have endured a lot since he was first accused of the abbot’s murder. I tried to do justice to this heartwrenching case with my reporting in 2018: theatlantic.com/international/… #Egypt
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